- PEDAIAH redemption of the Lord. (1.) The father of Zebudah, who was
the wife of Josiah and mother of king Jehoiakim (2 Kings 23:36).
(2.) The father of Zerubbabel (1 Chronicles 3:17-19).
(3.). The father of Joel, ruler of the half-tribe of Manasseh (1 Chronicles
27:20).
(4.) Nehemiah 3:25.
(5.) A Levite (8:4).
(6.) A Benjamite (11:7).
(7.) A Levite (13:13).
- PEKAH open-eyed, the son of Remaliah a captain in the army of
Pekahiah, king of Israel, whom he slew, with the aid of a band of
Gileadites, and succeeded (B.C. 758) on the throne (2 Kings 15:25).
Seventeen years after this he entered into an alliance with Rezin, king of
Syria, and took part with him in besieging Jerusalem (2 Kings 15:37; 16:5).
But Tiglath-pilser, who was in alliance with Ahaz, king of Judah, came up
against Pekah, and carried away captive many of the inhabitants of his
kingdom (2 Kings 15:29). This was the beginning of the “Captivity.” Soon
after this Pekah was put to death by Hoshea, the son of Elah, who
usurped the throne (2 Kings 15:30; 16:1-9. Comp. Isaiah 7:16; 8:4; 9:12).
He is supposed by some to have been the “shephard” mentioned in
Zechariah 11:16. - PEKAHIAH the Lord opened his eyes, the son and successor of
Menahem on the throne of Israel. He was murdered in the royal palace of
Samaria by Pekah, one of the captains of his army (2 Kings 15:23-26),
after a reign of two years (B.C. 761-759). He “did that which was evil in
the sight of the Lord.” - PEKOD probably a place in Babylonia (Jeremiah 50:21; Ezekiel 23:23). It
is the opinion, however, of some that this word signifies “visitation,”
“punishment,” and allegorically “designates Babylon as the city which was
to be destroyed.” - PELAIAH distinguished of the Lord. (1.) One of David’s posterity (1
Chronicles 3:24).
(2.) A Levite who expounded the law (Nehemiah 8:7).